Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

My IP Ban finally removed from Valve Software’s Steam Forums!

Well it’s finally happened My IP Ban on Valve Software’s Steam Forums has finally been removed, and this has taken how long for a ban that should never have been. I first realized my Internet Service Provider’s IP had been banned on the Steam Forums on the 27 of August 2005 but it may have well been banned long before

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My Video Blog by jack selby

My Video Blog is a sitcom which tells the story of Jack Selby, a loner who records his daily life on a camera leant to him by his seedy boss, Mr. Murdoch. Whilst filming his mundane existence, Jack inadvertently captures a strange and disturbing series of events, leaving a trail of unanswered questions… Website: http://www.myvideoblog.co.uk Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/myvideoblog/feed Webmaster: jack@myvideoblog.co.uk (jack

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Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey

Starting from 2006 Britain will be the first country where every journey by every car will be monitored! Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all vehicles on the roads are recorded. A new national surveillance system will hold the records for at least two years. Using a network of cameras that can

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Google confirms $1billion stake in AOL

Finally some more news on the Microsoft/Google deal with AOL! Online search engine Google has confirmed it will invest $1bn to take a 5% stake in Time Warner’s AOL unit as part of a major strategic alliance. The deal, which follows intense negotiations between the two US internet giants, values the troubled AOL unit at $20bn. The global online advertising

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Beagle 2 probe ‘spotted’ on Mars

It looks like they might have finally found the Beagle 2 probe on Mars! The scientist behind the British Beagle 2 mission to the Red Planet says the craft may have been found in pictures of the Martian surface. Colin Pillinger says the images suggest the mission very nearly worked, but Beagle somehow failed to contact Earth. He thinks the

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WordPress 2.0 Release Candidate

Not long to go now until WordPress 2.0 Final! The next release of WordPress is drawing near. Please help us shake out any last remaining bugs by downloading and testing the 2.0 Release Candidate. If all goes well, the Release Candidate will become 2.0 final. We’re almost there. Download, test, and head over to the Beta Forum to let us

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Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta Invites

I had a nice surprise when I woke up today that being that I had finally received some Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta Invites to send to my friends and family, but don’t worry they wont go wasted as it didn’t take me long too decide who too send them too! 🙂 If I get any more and you have

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Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta Download

Hurray I can now finally download Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta. I’ve been waiting days, weeks if not months for the Windows Live Messenger 8 Beta so I’m glad I received that invite to join the beta testing for it and I’m now even happier that I can download it and access the Beta Newsgroups which is a great place